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now spilling over to turkey and iraq. it ininevitable this war is going to drag the neighbors into it. we've seen tension rising between the turks and iranians. turkey and iran are competing to shape the future of syria just as they are competing to shape the future in iraq. this conflict will continue and unless there's an intervention to end the regime in damascus it will be conflagration. >> warner: quick final thought? >> well, i think we all-- the turks, the americans, the europeans-- have to adjust our policies for the future. bashar al-assad will go but he won't go any time soon. so we need to come up with a new set of policies that protects u.s. against what's happening in iraq. that's what we need to watch. >> thank you both. online. >> woodruff: online, we assess what it would take for syria to transition from the assad regime to a new government. >> brown: next, two takes on last night's presidential match-up. we start with ray suarez, who traveled to a southern battleground state to gauge reaction there. >> re
now spilling over to turkey and iraq. it ininevitable this war is going to drag the neighbors into it. we've seen tension rising between the turks and iranians. turkey and iran are competing to shape the future of syria just as they are competing to shape the future in iraq. this conflict will continue and unless there's an intervention to end the regime in damascus it will be conflagration. >> warner: quick final thought? >> well, i think we all-- the turks, the americans, the...
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army infantry battalion in iraq. he's now working on a second book about what those soldiers are struggling with since they returned home. >> i finished the first book. i felt i had more to write. so i'm writing the next part of the story. their story wasn't done yet. their war was done. at least in iraq. but the story continues. not to be trite but they're still fighting the war. obviously they'll keep fighting it for the rest of their lives to varying degrees depending on the soldier. but just becaus deployment ended redeployed and got off some planes and they were home, they were halfway there. so finish the story. >> film maker laura is working to complete the third in a trilogy of full length documentaries focused on the war on terror. the first two were filmed in iraq, yemen and guantanamo bay, cuba. >> my work is absolutely completely dependent on the people who open their lives to me and take huge risks in doing so, often. i mean, in most of the films that i've been working on in this trilogy, pretty much eve
army infantry battalion in iraq. he's now working on a second book about what those soldiers are struggling with since they returned home. >> i finished the first book. i felt i had more to write. so i'm writing the next part of the story. their story wasn't done yet. their war was done. at least in iraq. but the story continues. not to be trite but they're still fighting the war. obviously they'll keep fighting it for the rest of their lives to varying degrees depending on the soldier....
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it was america's dissatisfaction and really anger with that foreign of bush's both iraq and afghanistan. i think the more he sounds like maybe we ought to get tough with iran or even think about going in i think it puts him in a position that strengthens the president as a grown-up. >> i agree. i think people don't want somebody who will be super aggressionive threatening wars. they know that foreign policy challenges are filled with uncertainty. there's no good option. they want to show somebody who can show discretion. romney would be making an error to be super... >> ifill: first debate we said romney needed a second look and who needs the second or third look the most tonight? >> the president does. i think it was said to me this weekend by a very wise person that we will look back on the first debate of 2012 the same way we looked back at john kennedy and richard nixon. that established richard nixon as the equal of jack kennedy. the equal of richard nixon which he hadn't been. the first debate the implications of it remain profound and real and it's shaped this race. >> and vice p
it was america's dissatisfaction and really anger with that foreign of bush's both iraq and afghanistan. i think the more he sounds like maybe we ought to get tough with iran or even think about going in i think it puts him in a position that strengthens the president as a grown-up. >> i agree. i think people don't want somebody who will be super aggressionive threatening wars. they know that foreign policy challenges are filled with uncertainty. there's no good option. they want to show...
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protests were largely peaceful in indonesia, egypt, iraq, bangladesh, and sri lanka, but no less anti-american with crowds burning flags and effigies of president obama. in washington, u.s. officials kept a close eye on events, as secretary of state hillary clinton met with the pakistani foreign minister. >> i want to thank the government of pakistan for their efforts to protect our embassy in islamabad, and consulates in lahore, peshawar and karachi. and i want to be clear, as i have said on numerous occasions- - the violence we've seen cannot be tolerated. of course, there is provocation, and we have certainly made clear that we do not in any way support provocation. >> brown: that provocation took the form of an online trailer for a film made by a california man mocking the prophet mohammed. new fuel was added this week when a french satirical magazine published crude cartoons of mohammed. hoping to ease the tensions, the u.s. embassy in islamabad began airing an ad on pakistani television yesterday with clips of secretary clinton and president obama. >> we reject all efforts to denigrate t
protests were largely peaceful in indonesia, egypt, iraq, bangladesh, and sri lanka, but no less anti-american with crowds burning flags and effigies of president obama. in washington, u.s. officials kept a close eye on events, as secretary of state hillary clinton met with the pakistani foreign minister. >> i want to thank the government of pakistan for their efforts to protect our embassy in islamabad, and consulates in lahore, peshawar and karachi. and i want to be clear, as i have...
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rolled over in iraq in his striker vehicle. he had a concussion that was described as a military as mild. he's treated for a brain injury. many people said, hey, you can go back to work after a concussion. we know he was really disappointed.... >> jeff: let me stop you there. do we know about what happened with the military in terms of what kind of vetting he got at that point? >> we know generally what the military at this particular base does. we don't know from interviewing him or his wife what actually happened in his treatment file. but what generally happens is military service members are asked to self report. do you feel well? do you feel any voices in your head? do you feel comfortable to go back? so it's a self reporting screening process when you're redeploy. >> jeff: i interrupted you. you were about to say he was disappointed at going back. >> that's a little interesting conflict in the story. he and his wife both were very disappointed that he had lost a promotion because he had done a lot of sacrificing in the th
rolled over in iraq in his striker vehicle. he had a concussion that was described as a military as mild. he's treated for a brain injury. many people said, hey, you can go back to work after a concussion. we know he was really disappointed.... >> jeff: let me stop you there. do we know about what happened with the military in terms of what kind of vetting he got at that point? >> we know generally what the military at this particular base does. we don't know from interviewing him...
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ed in iraq it was only the beginning of years of civil conflict and sectarian conflict in iraq which took over 100,000 lives of civilians. so something of this sort could well be happening in syria even after the so-called victory of the opposition. my point is that a political outcome, a political deal continues to be urgently needed in the situation in syria. >> woodruff: urgently needed. so does that mean that russia is now prepared to sit down and work toward a resolution that would involve different leadership? syria? >> russia has always maintained that. it's for the syrians themselves to decide who is going to lead the country and the syrian people. but russia has always been prepared to work for a political outcome. in fact, we were instrumental in putting together the geneva communication in the actions of the meeting with the foreign minister and participation of kofi annan who was the secretary general's special envoy which provides for the steps which are necessary in order to have a political conclusion to the crisis in syria. we agreed just recently with americans in a
ed in iraq it was only the beginning of years of civil conflict and sectarian conflict in iraq which took over 100,000 lives of civilians. so something of this sort could well be happening in syria even after the so-called victory of the opposition. my point is that a political outcome, a political deal continues to be urgently needed in the situation in syria. >> woodruff: urgently needed. so does that mean that russia is now prepared to sit down and work toward a resolution that would...
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and it all surrounded our going into iraq. and a lot of people were killed based on bad intelligence. so and i don't think that's fair game. i think mission takes-- mistakes get made. >> holman: the benghazi attack killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. in afghanistan, 17 civilians were killed today when their bus set off a roadside bomb. the victims were on their way to a wedding. separately, two nato service members were killed in a roadside bomb attack in the eastern part of the country. there was hopeful talk today about avoiding the "fiscal cliff" after president obama met with congressional leaders at the white house. a series of tax increases and spending cuts will kick in on january 1, unless the two sides can come to agreement. today, the president said action is of the essence. >> our challenge is to make sure that, you know, we are able to cooperate together, work together, find some common ground, make some tough compromises, build some consensus to do the people's business. and what the fo
and it all surrounded our going into iraq. and a lot of people were killed based on bad intelligence. so and i don't think that's fair game. i think mission takes-- mistakes get made. >> holman: the benghazi attack killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. in afghanistan, 17 civilians were killed today when their bus set off a roadside bomb. the victims were on their way to a wedding. separately, two nato service members were killed in a roadside bomb attack in the...
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and iraq seems to have paid a price for it. they've lost a lot of their ability to basically gather and asss intelligence. that has beeone of the main ways that theye h to fight al qaeda. >> warner: finally, how is the turmoil in syria affecting iraq's security. >> officials here are very worried. now that was part of the reasons that they essentially closed the border to syrian refugees. they said they couldn't handle refugees coming across the western border because they couldn't care for them but also according to the government spokesmen they were worried about the security implications. when there's security vacuums along the borders, you open up those borders and you don't know what will happen. syria itself has said that al qaeda exists there. we've seen some evidence of the hallmarks of the kind of operations that they normally engage in. it does seem clear that al qaeda has relocated in some sense to syria. the iraqis are afraid that they'll come back across the border and create the kind of conflict and dissension and
and iraq seems to have paid a price for it. they've lost a lot of their ability to basically gather and asss intelligence. that has beeone of the main ways that theye h to fight al qaeda. >> warner: finally, how is the turmoil in syria affecting iraq's security. >> officials here are very worried. now that was part of the reasons that they essentially closed the border to syrian refugees. they said they couldn't handle refugees coming across the western border because they couldn't...
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and says this will be the shame of his life, he was the one without made the case for going to war in iraq, you know, as the spokesman. i think this. what struck me was the administration has really handled this badly. i mean you don't send her up to the hill to meet with people unless you're going have some friendly meetings too. are you going to have some positive people come out and say claire mccaskill, they say how wonderful she is and at the same time what you have got to have is other people. where are the endorsers. i haven't heard from madeleine albright, hillary clinton. she just kind of out there by herself which may be a message. >> i will keep watching that one and everything else. >> mark shield, david brooks, thanks as always. and if you want even more, mark and david keep up the talk on the "doubleheader" recorded in our newsroom. that will be posted at the top of the "rundown" later tonight. >> warner: we'll be back shortly with a look at efforts to pinpoint the age of the grand canyon. but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station
and says this will be the shame of his life, he was the one without made the case for going to war in iraq, you know, as the spokesman. i think this. what struck me was the administration has really handled this badly. i mean you don't send her up to the hill to meet with people unless you're going have some friendly meetings too. are you going to have some positive people come out and say claire mccaskill, they say how wonderful she is and at the same time what you have got to have is other...
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the hungry and trying to stop the united states from twoarsare shouldn't have gone into, vietnam a iraq. and i just think he should be remembered for that leadership rather than just the. 1972 race. >> the descriptions of the planes he brought back home after they had been shot up were incredible descriptions of things he did. he was an icredibly decent man throughout his senate and even the presidential runs, just incredibly nice. if i could make a cheap political point, he wrote a piece in 1992 for "the wall street journal" after he retired. he bought a b & b, bed & breakfast in con, and he wrote a piece saying if hi been a small businessperson before i was in the senate, i would understand what a pain all these regulations are. and he said i would have been a better senator if i hderstood what happens when you are try to live under this. so that is maybeu a polit balance-- political point. >> is there a political legacy that either pro or reacting against still or that comes down to liberalism today. >> i would say a lot of the people he brought into the party in 1972 went on to resh
the hungry and trying to stop the united states from twoarsare shouldn't have gone into, vietnam a iraq. and i just think he should be remembered for that leadership rather than just the. 1972 race. >> the descriptions of the planes he brought back home after they had been shot up were incredible descriptions of things he did. he was an icredibly decent man throughout his senate and even the presidential runs, just incredibly nice. if i could make a cheap political point, he wrote a piece...
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it strikes me the intelligence community was a lot more confident there were wmds in iraq than about this. so the president has to operate in this zone of incredible uncertainty. and he made the right call. and i thought it was perfectly fine to brag about that. i think it's perfectly fine to jump around in the end zone and say high, i i did it you are running for president, maybe they go a little over the top sometimes amhat i didn't think was good was when the campaign ran this ad where they had bill clinton very effectively talking about the decision he tookment but then they jam in this negative ad using a quote from mitt romney from five years ago taken out of context which he has amp find many times to explain what he was thinking, they take it out of context and attempt to get a jab. and that is just the normal gangland campaign thinking, taking what is a good moment and then cheapening it with a stupid and cynical political jab. so that i would fought them on >> woodruff: how do you size up the way they haled , the white use and th campaign. >> i thought the president was tot
it strikes me the intelligence community was a lot more confident there were wmds in iraq than about this. so the president has to operate in this zone of incredible uncertainty. and he made the right call. and i thought it was perfectly fine to brag about that. i think it's perfectly fine to jump around in the end zone and say high, i i did it you are running for president, maybe they go a little over the top sometimes amhat i didn't think was good was when the campaign ran this ad where they...
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and in iraq, hundreds of shiites took to the streets of sadr city in baghdad, where a cleric insisted on action. >> ( translated ): we demand the iraqi government close the american embassy. and the american government should present an apology to all parts of the islamic world, without exception. >> woodruff: there were also protests in iran, and in peshawar, pakistan, near the afghan border, where there's a u.s. consulate. clashes continued outside the u.s. embassy in cairo, as well. reports from the scene said the street skirmishing was now largely about long-standing tensions with the police and less about religious motivations. egypt's president, mohammed morsi, was in brussels today, where he denounced wednesday's violence for the first time. his previous failure to do so had caused concern in washington. and president obama had a pointed answer on egypt in an interview last night with spanish-language telemundo. >> i don't think that we'd consider them an ally, but we don't consider them an enemy. they are a new government that's trying to find its way. they were democratically
and in iraq, hundreds of shiites took to the streets of sadr city in baghdad, where a cleric insisted on action. >> ( translated ): we demand the iraqi government close the american embassy. and the american government should present an apology to all parts of the islamic world, without exception. >> woodruff: there were also protests in iran, and in peshawar, pakistan, near the afghan border, where there's a u.s. consulate. clashes continued outside the u.s. embassy in cairo, as...
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what you have to keep in mind that is some in iraq will enjoy the support of most of iraq's neighbors, all of them with the possible exception of iran. this is a very worrying sign if you are trying to engender genuine stability, not stability as to the... at the barrel of a gun. >> warner: laith kubba, does that mean that this can really fragment into a broader sunni-shia conflict in the region? >> i think, as i said, the temperature has risen. we're getting closer to a break point. i think as far as al qaeda, just to underline, it's a living organizati. it's finng an on propose rit climate. it will reroot itself. it will touch iraq. it's totally independent factor. but then you go into the other politics. i think that faisel mentioned. which is there is the shia-sunni issue. there are iraq' neighbors who are all looking at the strategic balance against iran. and iraq is getting to be a frontier for that fight. >> warner: not a pretty picture. laith kubba and faisel istrabadi, thank you both. >> thank you. >> woodruff: you can see margaret's blog post about the sentencing and sectari
what you have to keep in mind that is some in iraq will enjoy the support of most of iraq's neighbors, all of them with the possible exception of iran. this is a very worrying sign if you are trying to engender genuine stability, not stability as to the... at the barrel of a gun. >> warner: laith kubba, does that mean that this can really fragment into a broader sunni-shia conflict in the region? >> i think, as i said, the temperature has risen. we're getting closer to a break...